The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-10-31
S5, TIE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
The Western Talon Company Reduces II,

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An 1sTELIIsEscEE reporter yesterday
met Manager Tracy, Of the Western Union,
and asked him what was new in the tele-
graph business.
swell, can tell you this, the news.
papers are mistaken when they Say that
the Western Union has increased its rates,
The increase has been In the old Bslti.
more g. Ohio rates, to bring thom IN Ia
'Westarn Union rates as they were before
the Baltimore & Ohio was ,trsnsferred'
You must bear In mind the difference be.
tween this aud an increase Of Western
Union rates." III lrt.il IS ',11T, ~
n"Glye IN example, II you please, Mr..
SVery well: The Baltimore & Ohio Or rate
from New York to Chicago was is cents
while tho Western Union was 80 conts
Now tho 10 cent rate is done away with
and there la but one tariff, that Of ia
cents between those points. This, YOU
see, makes no difference to those who
used our lnes.n Fts5II him
SLOW. did 1t happen that tho Wes,err
Union got any Of the business with &C
much difference In the rates ?" MI
"Tho B. & 0. did not glye q eatielsctor,
service, and butlnesa men were rarely
willing to riOk It. While we are speaking
Of rates, lam glad to be able to tell yor
that instead OF an increase, we have JUS
been notified Of q reduction. It goes into
effect November l, and 1t benefits Wheel
Inv. Some OF our milln will unyo from
S25 to $50 0 month by 1t. Here are my
instructions on the subject: "a sss6'
T1usvlLLE, Oct. 90, 1887. A
To al Offices: vs. \
On and after November 1, 1887, your, 1t
and State rate, II any, 10 the States Eas
oil the Miesiesippi river, and to Helena
Ark; Burlington, Davenport Clinton
Dubuqueand keokuk, Iowa; New Orleans
La; Hastings, Minneapolis, Reding, 81
Minn.; Hannibal and St. Louis, NO., vii
be reduced 10 90 and A.: The stateu Eas
Of the Miss!esippi river arc as follows
Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Distric
OF Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Indiana
Kentucky, Maine. Maryland, Massachu
eetts, Michigan, Miesissippi, New Hamp
ehire, Now Jersey, New York, North Caro-
lima, South Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania
Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, Viz
ginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
E"Now," continued Mr.. Tracy, "this Il
the effect Of the change. Whore the rat,
has. been rs cents for the frat ten words ant
5 cents for each additional word, 1t will b,
90 cents ior the fret ten words and iou
cents for each additional word. A mes
sage Of fifteen words cost under the oil
rate Isl under the new 1t will 'coHt s
cents, reduction OF 20 per cent. 70,
must understand that this carries with
a reduction Of the night rgtea to thcs
points. This rate has been 90 and 8;
will hereafter be 40 and 3. This doesn'
show disposition to take advantage, doe
it2 We are without competition her
now, but s!ill we reduce the ratios, and til
reduction aGecta q large part OF Wheel
Iing's businesa." -. ..},s7g. .Hlf
The Baltimore 4 Ohio Telegraph oflic
was finally cloaod yesterday, the last worl
there having been done Of midnight Sat
u,day. at /. seven o'clock Z yes.erds,
morning tho wires were cut loose ali
connected with the Western Union.